Updated at: 1337 PST, Thursday, March 03, 2011
COLOMBO: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi has won the toss and decided to bat against Canada in their Group A day-night match of the World Cup 2011 here at the R Premadasa Stadium on Thursday. Pakistan replaced left-arm spinner Abdur Rehman, who has injured his abductor muscle, and rested paceman Shoaib Akhtar from the line-up that beat Sri Lanka in Colombo on Saturday.Their places were taken by off-spinner Saeed Ajmal and paceman Wahab Riaz -- both making their World Cup debuts.Canada, who lost to Zimbabwe in their last match, dropped out-of-form opener John Davison and brought in paceman Henry Osinde.Teams: Pakistan: Shahid Afridi (captain), Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Kamran Akmal, Younis Khan, Umar Akmal, Abdul Razzaq, Saeed Ajmal, Umar Gul, Wahab Riaz, Ahmed Shahzad.Canada: Ashish Bagai (captain), Rizwan Cheema, Harvir Baidwan, Nitish Kumar, Tyson Gordon, Henry Osinde, Ruvindu Gunasekera, Khurram Chohan, Jimmy Hansra, Zubin Surkari, Balaji Rao.
